Journal article
Food, fun, and fitness internet program for girls: Pilot evaluation of an e-Health youth obesity prevention program examining predictors of obesity
Preventive medicine, v 47(5), pp 494-497
2008
PMID: 18718846
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Abstract
This pilot study tested whether an Internet-based intervention could achieve change in fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and self-efficacy in youth at-risk of obesity.
Participants were 80 8-to-10-year-old African American girls at-risk of obesity, with a home computer, Internet access, and an e-mail address. A two-group design was followed. Groups differed only on incentive schedule (immediate, delayed). The 8-week home-based program, conducted entirely over the Internet, promoted fruit, juice, vegetables, and water intake and physical activity. Pre-post measures were collected through self-report via the program website. The study was conducted in the greater Houston, TX, area September through November, 2004.
Statistically significant pre-to-post differences were observed in fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption (
p
=
.002), physical activity—yesterday (
p
<
.001), physical activity—usually (
p
=
.001), and fruit, juice, and vegetable self-efficacy (
p
=
.003).
Internet-based obesity prevention programs may be an effective channel for promoting healthy diet and physical activity behaviors to youth at-risk of obesity. Additional research is needed to more fully examine their effectiveness at promoting and maintaining diet and physical activity change.
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- Title
- Food, fun, and fitness internet program for girls: Pilot evaluation of an e-Health youth obesity prevention program examining predictors of obesity
- Creators
- Debbe Thompson - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USATom Baranowski - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USAKaren Cullen - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USAKathy Watson - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USAYan Liu - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USAAshanti Canada - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USARiddhi Bhatt - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USAIssa Zakeri - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Drexel University 1505 Race Street, MS 1033 Bellet Building, 6th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Publication Details
- Preventive medicine, v 47(5), pp 494-497
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000261819200009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-55149110301
- Other Identifier
- 991014878066204721
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